Newsletter #16: Doggedly Sustaining the Status Quo
April was “Sustainability Month” at Cornell, and it was frankly unbelievable. We provide a roundup of Cornell’s real, unexaggerated accomplishments over the course of the month. It was a raging success in sustaining the status quo. The only way forward is for ordinary folks to begin cordially disrupting fossil fuel business-as-usual. Join us at 11:15am this Friday, May 2 to begin studying our options at an unusual public lecture with Kevin Young and Bill McKibben. Not to be missed!
Cornell on Fire Post 9/26: Three transmissions
We write to transmit three tidings of mixed import (bad news/good news), and invite you to build upon the "good news" side of the equations with us. Read on for compelling new evidence to support the adage: Never doubt that a small group of the committed can change the world.
Cornell on Fire Post 9/11: A Love Poem
We present a love poem dedicated to Cornell's own anti-science consultants and their Cornell paycheck-writers. Titled "In this House We Believe Science is Real," this poem commemorates the twisted romance between a world-class research institution and a bottom-class lobbyist firm engaged in an astoturf campaign to greenwash the health and environmental impacts of plastic grass.
Cornell on Fire: A call from our alliance partners
While CoF is regenerating, our Alliance Partners are calling for concerned citizens and Cornellians to add their names to a public sign-on letter calling for sound science and democratic participation around Cornell's proposed artificial turf fields.
Cornell on Fire Weekly 5/29
In honor of Cornell’s 156th Commencement, we held a banner drop announcing a critical moment for climate accountability: will Big Red continue to echo Big Oil’s climate denial, disinformation, and doublespeak? This moment of reckoning for Cornell involves climate hypocrisy on multiple fronts. The hottest front now is artificial turf.